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July 19, 2004
Maple Salmon
I went to make some wild Sockeye salmon tonight and I wanted to do something different. I have this cedar plank meant for cooking salmon on that a friend gave me and I've never used, so I figured I'd give it a try. I wanted to make a sauce to cover the salmon in, and i wanted to use thyme, but realized at the last moment that I was out.
What I came up with was maple syrup. I had a pint of grade "B" maple syrup lying around and decided to try a maple/garlic sauce.
Sauce:
2 tbl sp butter
2 cloves garlic
15 peppercorns (green and black)
1 tsp kosher salt
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 lemon, juiced
Preheat oven with seasoned plank on a cookie sheet for 15 mins at 350° F.
Heat butter in small skillet until it bubbles and subsides on medium. Mash garlic, peppercorns and salt in a mortar until well mixed. Reduce heat to low and add garlic mixture to butter, spread around with a wooden spoon. Quickly add maple syrup and stir, on low, for about two mins. Add lemon juice, stir and set aside.
Place salmon filet skin down on plank and cover with sauce, saving some for later. Return to plank to oven and cook for 20-25 mins at 350°.
When you plate it, pour some of the left over sauce on top and then squeeze some lemon juice over it all. Very very good.
Posted by Samer at July 19, 2004 09:00 PM
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Comments
i thought i was the only one who thought making a sauce out of maple syrup and garlic was a good idea. :) i really like your blog too.
Posted by: dana o'riordan at July 24, 2004 08:26 AM